Abstract: In today’s threat landscape, backup infrastructure has become a primary target for ransomware and insider threats. This session explores how modern security-first backup appliances deliver unmatched data protection by bringing security to the forefront of on-premise backup architecture.
Attendees will learn how next-generation backup solutions enforce out-of-the-box immutability, eliminate root-level access vulnerabilities, and incorporate third-party verified Zero Trust principles without requiring deep security expertise or complex configurations. We’ll examine the critical importance of immutable storage, air-gapped architectures, and hardened operating systems in creating resilient backup environments that can withstand sophisticated attacks.
The technical discussion will cover deep integration capabilities with modern backup platforms through advanced APIs, demonstrating how security-focused appliances can scale linearly to meet enterprise-level demands while maintaining security boundaries and delivering high-performance data protection.
Key topics include implementing Zero Trust principles in backup infrastructure, hardware-level security features, network segmentation strategies, automated threat detection, and scalability considerations for enterprise and service provider environments.
Whether you’re an MSP, enterprise IT leader, or backup architect, this session will demonstrate how to radically simplify your on-premise data protection while strengthening your defense posture with verifiable, resilient storage solutions.
The session will conclude with a detailed examination of Object First’s Ootbi appliance and its integration with Veeam environments, including practical implementation of the Smart Object Storage API (SOS API) and real-world deployment scenarios supporting up to 1.7PB per cluster with ingest speeds of up to 8 GB/s.
